kanako
Cebuano
editAlternative forms
edit- nako — short form
Etymology
editThe first element, common to all oblique pronouns, is ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *ka (“personal oblique marker”), whence kang and archaic ka (“plural personal oblique marker”). Thus analyzable as kang + akò. Compare Ilocano kaniak, Kapampangan kaku.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /kaˈnakoʔ/ [kɐˈn̪a.koʔ]
- Hyphenation: ka‧na‧ko
Pronoun
editkanakò (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈᜃᜓ)
Usage notes
edit- Oblique forms are almost always substituted with their short form (in this case, nako) anywhere in a sentence. The full form may be used to give a sense of formality.
See also
editCebuano personal pronouns
Person | Number | Direct | Indirect (postposed) | Indirect (preposed) | Oblique | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Length | Full | Short* | Full | Short** | Base | Suffixed -a | Full | Short | |
First | singular | akó | ko | nakò*** | ko*** | akò | akoa | kanakò | nakò |
plural inclusive | kitá | ta | natò | ta | atò | atoa | kanatò | natò | |
plural exclusive | kamí | mi | namò | amò | amoa | kanamò | namò | ||
Second | singular | ikáw | ka | nimo | mo | imo | imoha | kanimo | nimo |
plural | kamó | mo | ninyo | inyo | inyoha | kaninyo | ninyo | ||
Third | singular | siyá | niya | iya | iyaha | kaniya | niya | ||
plural | silá | nila | ila | ilaha | kanila | nila | |||
*Forms under this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences **Forms under this column are literary and rarely used colloquially. ***Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun. |